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Info on the number +27718601740

Telephone number +27718601740 is a number from South Africa. The area code is 718. The number is designated as being used for Mobile telephones. The number was originally operated by the provider MTN.

Number portability may mean that this number is no longer used as a Mobile number, be assigned to a different provider or be being operated from a different location (even overseas in the case of VoIP numbers). If the number is being used to call you then it is also possible that the number is being spoofed and does not actually belong to the person using it.

Here is some general information about the number.

Country Code: 27
Country Name: South Africa
Type: Mobile
Original Provider: MTN
Validity: The number is the correct length for a South African phone number.

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This number is recorded in our database for the following scams:

24th February 2023 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 24th February 2023, telephone number +27718601740 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Xolisile W. Shabalala using email address xwshabalala930455@hotmail.com as part of an Advance Fee Fraud Scam.

In Advance Fee Fraud Scams, the scammer will offer you something of high value (a large sum of money or gold for example) and all you have to do is pay a "small" fee. What the scammer is offering you does not actually exist and the scammer will come up with fee after fee that needs to be paid by the victims, until he either runs out of money or realises that he has been scammed. The scammer will often pretend to be real people or companies, use fake websites and introduce various characters, all with the aim of convincing the victim that what is being offered to him is real.

Here is the email that the scammer sent to his victims.
Attn: Sir/Madam,

Greetings,

I write to inform you that my office is in a cordial working
relationship with a Group of International Funders with high capacity of
financing any viable Government, Corporate and Private Projects/Business
opportunities with our experience team of professional evaluators, hence
we seek any of the interested audience to take advantage of the
opportunity as funds has been mapped out by the investors to be released
for any viable project with good Return On Investment. My clients can
provide investment funds in the region US$500,000- to US$200,000,000 in
financial investment support to you, depending on the government
contract, project or business and provided that the Return on Investment
(ROI) will be paid back as would be agreed in a written Contract.
Therefore, if you have any funding need as mentioned above, kindly

contact me for more details on the procedure moving forward, thank you.

Yours Sincerely,

Mr. Xolisile W. Shabalala
Operating Capital Consultant
Phone: +27-71-860-1740

Further details of this report can be found on the ScamWarners.com forum

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This number could also be written in the following formats

27718601740 +27718601740 0027718601740 01127718601740 001127718601740
01027718601740 27 71 860 1740 27 (71) 860 1740 +27 71 860 1740 +27 (71) 860 1740
0027 71 860 1740 0027 (71) 860 1740 01127 71 860 1740 01127 (71) 860 1740 001127 71 860 1740
001127 (71) 860 1740 01027 71 860 1740 01027 (71) 860 1740